Aerospace automation specialist Loop Technology has signed a deal with FANUC UK for
seven new robots – including the largest industrial robot ever ordered in the UK, the FANUC
M-2000iA/1700L. Three FANUC M-2000iA/1700L six-axis robots will be delivered to the
University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) for its new
innovation facility in South Yorkshire.
Part of Project Compass (Composites at Speed and Scale), the Loop/AMRC deal also
encompasses two further FANUC M-2000iA robots: a 1200L and a 900L model. As part of a
separate project, another 1700L model, along with an additional 900L unit, have been
ordered by Loop Technology to form part of a high-rate composite preforming cell for a
North American aerospace client.
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